—Too bad. It has rained for the whole week.

    What comes to your mind when you hear the word "twins"? Born on the same day? Looking almost the same? Or having the same hobbies? I have a twin brother who was born on a1day from me. We do not 2very much alike and we are always3in different things.

    Twelve years ago, my brother, Wayne, was born at eleven fifty-eight4the night of May 28. Five minutes later, I was born—on May 29. Since the5we were born, I have always been heavier and6 than Wayne, so people usually think I am the elder brother.

    But Wayne is always smarter than I. He7reading and learns many things quickly. He knows a lot about animals, although he does not8much time playing with our9and birds. He knows a lot about10, but never likes to ride bikes as much as I do. Though we are very different, I love my brother very much. I hope both of us are having a happy life. We are sure we will have a good future.

    John is my best friend. We live in the same building. We study in the same school but not in the same class. We often chat and play football together after school. I first met him four years ago and we have been good friends for two years.

    John is tall and strong with black hair. He has a round face, a small nose and big, brown eyes. I like his eyes because they are always bright and smiling. I think he is handsome. Many people want to be his friends.

    John is always friendly and helpful. When I feel bored or unhappy, he tells me funny jokes and makes me happy.

    John is very clever. He reads a lot of books. He is good at singing. He would like to make people happy with his songs when he grows up. I believe that he will become as popular as Jackie Chan and be famous around the world in the future.

Dear diary,

    Today is my seventh day of school. I am in Grade Eight this year. On the first day of school, all the students of Grade Eight are reunited (重组). I am in Class Four this year. I have more friends and more fun this year! There are twenty-two students in our class, ten boys and twelve girls. We are all good friends now. And we have our lessons from eight o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the afternoon.

    Our class enjoy playing football and basketball together, but we don't always go to the same class at the same time. Because every teacher has a different classroom. And each of us is different. We have different likes and dislikes. So we go from room to room for our classes. It's good exercise for us.

    In English class this morning, we talked to our classmates. I talked to a girl named Delia. Then we played games. How happy we were!

    Our class is like a big family. We love our class!

    Good-bye for now!

Elise

    Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

    One morning, when he left home, he said to the servant, "Here are two bottles of poison(毒药)and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them." With these words, he went out.

    But the servant knew what the rich man had said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn't find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

    In America, boys and girls like watching TV. Some children spend six hours a day at school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV sets. Some children even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturday.

    Televisions are like books and films. A child can learn both good things and bad things from it. Some TV programs help children to understand the news, the people and places in other countries. With TV, children do not have to go to the movies. They can listen to interesting music or watch a game at home. But some programs are bad for children, so parents sometimes should help them to find other interesting and useful things to do.

My favourite teacher